Five suspects pleaded guilty to having participated in a multi-million dollar impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme conducted out of India-based call centers, U.S. Department of Justice announcedMonday.

Macedonia’s special prosecutor said Monday it had asked courts to freeze the assets of the country’s nationalist VMRO-DPMNE, including its headquarters, amid deepening investigations into the former ruling party.

Prevezon Holdings Limited, a Cyprus-based company, agreed on Friday to pay US$5,896,333.65 to the US Treasury to settle a money laundering and civil forfeiture action uncovered by the deceased Russian lawyer Sergei Magnistsky.

The most popular president in Brazilian history, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was grilled for five hours in court Wednesday by the country’s top anti-corruption judge for his alleged role in the unfolding Petrobras scandal.

Eight more people were charged Tuesday for their role in the embezzlement and money laundering of 17,528 million pesos (US$ 26 million) from Chile’s state police force, the Carabiniers, which brings the total number of those accused in the scandal to 43.

Malaysian authorities on Tuesday charged a former aid to the mayor of the southern city of Melaka with money laundering and criminal breach of trust involving funds worth around RM19.3 million (US$4.4 million), media reported.

The Spanish High Court will question seven former HSBC executives suspected of money laundering and tax fraud in an investigation that was triggered by an ex-employee who leaked client data, Reuters reported Thursday.

Ukrainian authorities detained an ex-MP and a state energy firm deputy chief for the embezzlement of US$ 17.3 million from selling uranium concentrate at inflated prices, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) saidFriday.

One of the major players behind an international crime syndicate that laundered AUS$ 29 million (US$ 21.8 million) of drug money out of Australia was sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Justice Ministry said Thursday.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday there is insufficient evidence to remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over his connection to a Panama Papers scandal and has ordered further investigation into the allegations of corruption.